Despite the stifling fumes, intense heat, and imminence of explosion, he performed courageously, enabling the aircraft carrier to attain the speed necessary for launching planes to oppose a Japanese aerial torpedo attack.
Charles Kleinsmith (1904-1942), a United States Navy petty officer and Navy Cross recipient
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